I know that history is going to be dominated by an improbab… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I know that history is going to be dominated by an improbable event, I just don’t know what that event will be.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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About Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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